Josef Stalder

Josef Stalder Fox ( Sepp Stalder, * February 6, 1919; † 2 March 1991) was a Swiss gymnast.

Stalder took 1948 and 1952 at the Summer Olympics in part. He won a total of seven medals in various disciplines, including in London in 1948 a gold on the high bar. In 1952 he was awarded in Switzerland as an athlete of the year.

The " Stalder straddle " is named after him because he showed the world's first Turner a sliding tackle on the high bar.

Achievements

  • Olympic Games 1948: Gold on the high bar, silver in the team all-around, bronze on parallel bars
  • Olympic Games 1952: silver on high bar, silver in the team all-around, bronze on bars, bronze in the individual all-around
Summer Olympic Games Horizontal bar Bill Mallon Anton Heida Edward Hennig Georges Miez Dallas Bixler Aleksanteri Saarvala Boris Shakhlin Mikhail Voronin Akinori Nakayama Mitsuo Tsukahara Trent Dimas Andreas Wecker Alexei Nemov Epke Zonderland
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